Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-044

Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Foreign aid and Senate

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 7:59 PM–8:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation013-044 on Tape 13 (tape position 01:32:05–01:34:13)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 7:59 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 8:01 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-044 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190303 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed Henry Kissinger to coordinate with Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott and legislative aide Clark MacGregor regarding the administration's response to an impending Senate vote on the foreign aid program. Kissinger was instructed to ensure both men were aligned with the White House's messaging strategy. He agreed to contact Scott and MacGregor immediately to finalize these efforts.

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NARA Description

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:59 pm to 8:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-044 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-044

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 7:59 pm - 8:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

The President talked with Kissinger between 8:00 pm and 8:01 pm.

     Senate votes on foreign aid program
          -White House response
                -Hugh Scott, Clark MacGregor
                      -Calls from Kissinger

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Dr. Kistler.
Henry?
Mr. President.
I think that it would be well that you'll have to lead, you'll have to back us up on this to check our, to tell Scott what we're saying.
Right.
And also be sure McGregor knows.
I'll get McGregor and Scott on the phone right away.
Right.
Good.
Okay.
Let me know I'm here.

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  • 013-040 4:55 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Whitaker talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 4:56 pm.
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  • 013-041 6:03 PM · 25 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 013-042 6:03 PM · 12 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 608-002 6:19 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:19 pm to 6:35 pm.
  • 608-003 6:35 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:35 pm to 6:42 pm.
  • 013-043 7:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:56 pm to 7:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-044, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190303). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-044 (accessed November 1, 2026).